Bai Ye's Five Spirit Curses hadn't improved for quite some time.
But it was normal for there to be no improvement; the further one progressed, the harder it became. The Five Spirit Curses had already reached the final stage of the fourth-tier Dao Arts. The fifth-tier Dao Arts that followed were the highest, and spirit gathering naturally became slow.
In fact, the Five Spirit Curses had been a small step short before, but the two stones from the two robots had directly filled that gap.
After supplementing the spirit gathering for the Five Spirit Curses, the two stones also dimmed, appearing to be ordinary stones.
"These stones should be filled with a large amount of spiritual energy?" Bai Ye frowned. "Only in cultivation areas would there be such stones filled with spiritual energy, right?"
Bai Ye thought of something and quickly flipped through the parts.
After all, he was once the second white of the East District, having frequented the future technology area. Bai Ye was quite familiar with the conventional structure of robots.
After a thorough inspection, Bai Ye discovered an even stranger phenomenon.
There was no energy source!
To be precise, Bai Ye found the energy furnace device.
This was a general term, roughly meaning the energy supply device for mechs, mechanical armor, and robots. Although different technological craftsmanship would lead to different energy furnaces, the core of energy supply was the same: converting the energy source into mechanical power.
Generally, energy blocks were used, which could be solid or liquid. Some areas also had their own unique energy sources, not the more common energy blocks.
The energy furnaces of the two robots before him were empty, or rather...
Bai Ye looked at the two stones. If these things were energy sources, then the energy source for these two robots was spiritual energy?
This was quite peculiar. Items from the cultivation world being used as energy sources for technological products?
The development of civilization in both realms seemed completely unrelated, didn't it?
Bai Ye found this place increasingly interesting. After putting down the stones, he got up and continued forward.
Bai Ye didn't go deep but carefully hid in the woods, circling half the beach.
There were many "shrimp soldiers and crab generals" wandering on the beach, which made Bai Ye recall something.
Those shrimp soldiers and crab generals were likely the guards of this place, patrolling the beach and attacking anyone who landed on the island.
As Bai Ye thought, he turned away from the beach and walked through the woods towards the cluster of buildings.
There was nothing unusual in the woods. Bai Ye encountered no attacks and walked smoothly. There were no mechanical products here, just ordinary trees, bushes, and flowers.
Occasionally, some forest birds would fly by. Judging by their calls, they didn't seem to be mechanical either.
After about half an hour, Bai Ye finally traversed the woods.
A large cluster of buildings appeared before Bai Ye.
There were no walls, no checkpoints, and no city gates.
It was a very modern, urbanized style, not like the ancient city structures enclosed by four walls.
As Bai Ye thought, he entered the area and walked forward for a while, discovering that the place was remarkably bustling.
On the ground, in the sky, there were people everywhere.
These people were all dressed in ancient costumes, it was hard to tell which dynasty, they could only be described as ancient in style.
However, the items these people were using were not ancient at all.
The sedan chairs hanging under the railway tracks went without saying. Some people were flying on swords, holding scrolls and reading them.
But those so-called scrolls were merely made to look like scrolls. When opened, they revealed a plasma screen in the center.
An elderly man with his chest exposed sat on a rocking chair by the street, holding a palm-leaf fan.
However, the palm-leaf fan had three fan surfaces, arranged in a triangular shape, and it rotated automatically...
Wasn't this an electric fan?
Looking further into the distance, a woman with an ethereal aura sat on a silk magical artifact, looking hurried. She held a large shell to clip her hair, and with a casual pull, her hair became straight.
A hair straightener?
Bai Ye scratched his head, feeling as if he had stumbled into something extraordinary.
This place had both machinery and cultivation magical artifacts, people could fly on swords, yet there were also mechanical sedan chairs.
Most importantly, the clothing and attire were all ancient, but life was modern, even futuristic.
Further ahead, a middle-aged man, after landing his flying sword, tossed it into a rack by the roadside, and the rack automatically locked the flying sword.
Shortly after, someone approached the rack, inserted a few ancient coins on one side, and then took a flying sword, soaring into the air.
Good heavens...
Shared flying swords?
Bai Ye stroked his chin, wondering if electronic payment was available.
As Bai Ye was thinking, a young boy with a spiky ponytail ran up to the resting elder and exclaimed, "Grandpa Mo, Grandpa Mo, get me a bowl of ice cream."
The elder agreed, got up, went into a nearby shop, and took out a bowl of ice cream. Then, they each took out a jade pendant, touched them together, and the boy happily took the ice cream and left.
Bai Ye: "..."
Electronic payment really existed?
Bai Ye felt his worldview shattering. What kind of place was this?
"You, standing over there, yes, you, what are you looking at!"
Just then, a voice sounded from behind Bai Ye. Turning around, he saw three golden-armored soldiers holding long spears.
The three golden-armored soldiers approached Bai Ye. One of them looked at Bai Ye and said, "Where are you from? Why are you wearing such strange clothes?"
Strange clothes?
Hey, I'm wearing armor too...
Bai Ye looked down and realized he was wearing a hunter's outfit, with black leather pants on his lower body and hiking boots on his feet.
Bai Ye wiped a cold sweat, remembering that he had taken off the Wrathful Sea Scale Armor after leaving the coast.
The weight of it wasn't much, but wearing armor made him appear two to three sizes larger, making it inconvenient to walk in the woods.
Looking at it now, he really did seem to be wearing strange clothes.
The golden-armored soldier continued, "Who do you belong to?"
Bai Ye said, "What do you mean, 'who do I belong to'?"
The golden-armored soldier asked, "Who is your subordinate immortal? What? Do you want to tell me you're an immortal yourself?"
"Immortal?" Bai Ye murmured, "Deity?"
The golden-armored soldier replied, "Are you anything other than a person?"
Bai Ye looked confused and said, "What's wrong with being a person?"
The three golden-armored soldiers were stunned for a moment, then one of them suddenly shouted, "It's a person! Hurry and arrest him! Someone has trespassed into the immortal realm!"
The expressions of the three golden-armored soldiers changed instantly, and they reached out to grab Bai Ye.
Bai Ye instinctively recoiled backward, dodging the outstretched hand of a golden-armored soldier.
"Oh ho?" the golden-armored soldier sneered, "You dare to dodge? Then don't blame me for being impolite!"
After saying this, the golden-armored soldier stopped trying to grab Bai Ye and instead hurled his spear towards Bai Ye.
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